The Fiscal Military State

Question 1

What came about as a result of the emergence of Britain as a fiscal military state?

Answer 1

National debt, Bank of England
Emergence of a professional bureaucracy

Question 2

How did Bank of England help in war?

Answer 2

Monarch can borrow money cheaply and thus defeat enemies

Question 3

Connection between the fiscal-military state and the expansion of the British empire

Answer 3

Instrumental in funding wars, colonial expansion and industrial development